Women's World chess Champion Hou Yifan of China left everyone stunned at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess tournament when she resigned in a controversial fashion after just five moves in her 10th and final round game against India's Lalith Babu.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
Mumba's only win came on the prodigy board. Jonas Bjerre of American Gambits launched an all-out attack against Raunak Sadhwani, even sacrificing a piece.
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi scored crushing victories, while D Gukesh held on to the joint top spot with a draw in a brilliant sixth-round outing for the Indian men's team at the Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto.
Magnus Carlsen on Monday criticised senior FIDE officials, including its deputy president Viswanathan Anand, for mishandling the dress code violation issue
D Gukesh and R Praggnanadhaa played out their eighth draw in as many games at the Sinquefield Cup.
China's Ding Liren stormed back in fine fashion with a victory against Gukesh Dommaraju in Game 12 of the World Chess Championship 2024 to level the match at 6-6.
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen said on Monday he believed Hans Niemann had "cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted", adding he no longer wanted to play against the American and any rivals who repeatedly cheated in the past.
China would have been among the top medal contenders in the Olympiad and their absence would brighten India's chances.
In the blitz event played prior to the Classical, Anand had shocked world champion Carlsen in round seven on the way to a fourth-place finish.
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
'In the second half I had chances in many games. Today was a bad game, I won't draw too much out of it.'
After the draw with Iranian turned French player Firouza, Gukesh has seven points for his sole second spot.
Anand and Judit Polgar were the only players to finish unbeaten in the 14-player all-play-all tournament.
The Gashimov Memorial tournament this year is being played as a rapid and blitz chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth round contest against Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the Classical section to slip to second place in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger.
The champion was ultimately decided in a series of sudden-death blitz games where the decisive outcome came in the fourth game.
Gukesh follows in the footsteps of Anand, the only other Indian to win the Candidates
Arjun also remained unbeaten through all the nine rounds and finished half a point ahead of Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov.
Arjun Erigaisi is in joint lead with 4.5 points from five rounds along with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Fedoseev after holding the Norwegian superstar in round five.
The announcement was made by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on his Twitter page
In a kind gesture, Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is giving financial support to the Indian team in their preparation for the World Blind Chess Championship to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from August 26 to September 4.
India's chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on the way to a fourth-place finish.
Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament in Dubai on Sunday, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10 with R Praggnanandhaa sharing second spot with five others.
FIDE said it will do its utmost to find another organiser for the Olympiad and will provide more information in due time.
Indian GM was impressive against a fancied and higher rated opponent
'The Indian earthquake in Toronto is the culmination of the shifting tectonic plates in the chess world.'
India's chess ace Dronavalli Harika was among the several players who were allegedly sent sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
Anand and Radjabov drew their Classical match in 42 moves in a Guicco Pianissimo game.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commended the outstanding performance of chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa
It has bolstered the home team's medal chances at the 14-day event, which is expected to see massive participation from more than 150 countries.
He finished 11th in the standings with 19 points with the top eight going through to the knockout phase at the ongoing Airthings Masters.
Asked if the teenaged GM from Chennai needs to tone down on his aggression, Ramesh said, "I don't think so. That is one of his strengths. But, he must also learn every aspect of the game, not just aggression..."
Erigaisi is two points clear of Praggnanandhaa and world champion Carlsen (15 points).
D Gukesh started off on a positive note, beating Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania
Anand firmly believes that India has enough talent to produce the next Chess World Champion
The event is held over 11 rounds in both open and women's categories with likely participation of over 2,000 players.
After an all-win start on Saturday, Indians on Sunday had a mixed day with both men and women chess players losing to higher-rated opponents in the fourth round in the Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa went down to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE Chess World Cup final, in Baku, on Thursday.
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